The end of 2008 is here and an era dominated by President Bush will be over in a matter of days.

Forget what he said and done… just remember him by watching this video.

“Dozens of the world’s wealthiest lost billions in recent months, yet these 10 distinguish themselves for some of the biggest flops. But they lost more than money. Some lost board seats. Several faced margin calls. A couple got in trouble with the law. All suffered hits to their reputations.”( Forbes).

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As for America’s Biggest Billionaire Losers for 2008 … Here is a sample !!!!

You can see the rest of the L-Team at Forbes.com … Here is the LINK

GCC leaders met in Oman yesterday and finally agreed to hove a unified GCC currency with the actual distribution of the new currency sometime in 2009. They still have agree on the location of the unified central bank. I hope that it will be here in Kuwait because Sheikh Salem Al Sabah really deserves to be the monetary leader of the region.

This is probably the best pictures I have seen to summarize 2008 !!!

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This is the LINK

PS.  I’m still trying to finish them but my boss is breathing down my neck :P

Visa have recently announced that it will issuing its own version of the black card, imaginatively named VISA Black Card. Besides the great services they offer cardholders, the think that really caught my eye was that the card is not made of plastic, but carbon graphite. This card is so exclusive that only 1% of all Americans are eligible. Check out their site.

Source: Uncrate

Ricardo Fuller, Stoke’s main striker, surprisingly slapped his own captain and got sent off as a result in their game against West Ham… I bet that their season will go down the drain after this.

رواية بنات الرياض اكتسب شهرة كبيرة وخاصة في الخليج تم ترجمتها إلى 26 لغة حتى الآن منها الانجليزية والألمانية وحتى … الأندونيسية .

الروائية السعودية رجاء الصانع صاحبة الرواية تكمل الآن دراستها في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في شيكاجو و تحديدا في جامعة إلينوي وهي نفس الجامعة التي تخرج منها الروائي المصري علاء الأسواني صاحب رواية عمارة يعقوبيان و رواية شيكاجو التي دار عانت من مقص الرقيب في بعض الدول العربية حتى منعت في بعض الدول العربية ومنها …. الكويت

We here at the 4thring Road Blog would like to wish you a happy Hijri New Year and hope that all of your dreams and wishes come true…

Best Regards,

The 4th Ring Road Staff

The Gulf cup will kick off on January 4th til the 17th. The opening match will be our very own Kuwaiti national team going up against the hosts of the tournament Oman, the following image shows you the groups…chena sa3ba shway???

من المقرر استلام الطائرة الأولى لشركة الخطوط الوطنية الكويتية خلال الأسبوع الثاني من شهر يناير 2009، وقد تحدد بدء العمليات التشغيلية للشركة إعتباراً من 08/02/2009

I know many will be excited to hear this news this is fresh I just recently received news from a very reliable source that the famous american chinese bistro chain P.F. Chang’s will be opening in Kuwait, however it is still undecided whether the flagship store in the middle east will open first in Dubai or Kuwait… we’ll just have to see follow the link to go to their website: Link

This was just posted by GIZMODO blog .. showing next year’s road map for BlackBerry’s .. So if you just bought a Curve it is going to come out with a 3G option :(  and if you just bought the Bold it is coming out with a touchscreen and 3.2MP camera like its little brother the Curve :(  and if you just bought the Storm it is coming out with a slider but still unconfirmed !!

Photo by BoGhaZi on BBB (BlackBerry Bold)

Check out the Antenna .. spotted today by a friend .. and don’t think about asking me because I have NO IDEA !!!

Chart topping music hit “Arab Money” by Busta Rhymes is causing a huge controversy in the US many say that it is a racist song some say its ignorant, and quite frankly many say its just a bang’n song…. keeping all the politics and lyrics on the side i must say the Arab Money dance in the video clip is one funny dance! However some verses can be deemed inappropriate, follow the link for the song lyrics and tell us what you think…. LINK

KSE just made an announcement saying that NBK received the Central Bank’s approval to acquire no more than 40% of Boubyan Bank, valid for three months.

The Commercial Bank have recently successfully managed to own 18.81% of the bank as part of a deal with Al Dar investments.

Does this mean that NBK is trying to take over the bank in an attempt to have an Islamic banking arm? Or is it just part of the a deal between NBK, Al Dar and The Commercial Bank?